Four stand-out educators receive Dr. John Powers Outstanding Educator Award
University Communications & Marketing | 05/10/2023
Saint Francis University presents the Dr. John Powers Outstanding Educator Award to a deserving elementary or secondary teacher or administrator each spring. This year, the university presented the award to four outstanding educators during the Saint Francis University President's Awards Convocation on May 4, 2023.
Addressing the Teacher Shortage: SFU and TEACH
Dr. Melissa Peppetti | 05/09/2023
While the teaching crisis impacts all locales, rural schools are having issues finding teachers for specific classes and grade spans, especially the disciplines of math and science. Saint Francis University's Graduate Education Department is committed to improving teacher quality by offering research-based solutions that may serve as viable solutions to the teacher shortage.
Advanced Concepts in PT Practice
Dr. Shannon Scanlan, PT, DPT | 04/12/2023
Physical therapy majors at Saint Francis University must master the foundational patient-management classes included in the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree curriculum. Yet they can also explore areas of specialty practice. Special Topic Courses are a practical way for students, as part of their physical therapy education, to discover areas of PT practice that they may be passionate about.
Area OTs, PTs, and PAs invited to free professional development dissection seminar
03/29/2023
Healthcare professionals are invited to sign up for a free professional development seminar, "An Interprofessional Interactive Gross Dissection Laboratory Experience: From the Forearm to the Digits," in the Experiential Learning Commons
Unique minor teaches future healthcare professionals compassionate care
University Communications & Marketing | 02/23/2023
At Saint Francis University, future healthcare providers are offered the opportunity to learn how to handle the emotional aspect of healthcare each time they enter a patient’s room.
Saint Francis OT program accepted as AOTA Gold Level member
University Marketing & Communications | 02/01/2023
The Occupational Therapy program at Saint Francis University has recently been accepted by the American Occupational Therapy Association as a Gold Level member of the AOTA’s Student Membership Circle.
Exercise Oncology is Medicine
University Communications & Marketing | 12/06/2022
Alexis Bradfield is an exercise physiologist working at a hospital in Aspen, CO. While her primary focus is cardiac rehabilitation, the hospital has also begun an exercise oncology rehabilitation service. Lexi is one of the exercise physiologists who treat individuals living with or beyond a cancer diagnosis.
Saint Francis University unveils new high-tech anatomy lab
Marie Young, University Communications & Marketing | 11/18/2022
The university unveiled its new anatomy lab which combines the university's traditional cadaver lab with a high-tech simulation space within the Experiential Learning Commons.
2022 Puppy Graduation
Mitch Jubas, University Communications & Marketing | 11/17/2022
It was graduation night this past Tuesday for three of our four-legged students! Belle, Vickey and Midnight graduated from Saint Francis University this past Tuesday.
Neuro Wellness Clinics
Mitchell Jubas, University Communications and Marketing | 11/04/2022
The OT and PT departments collaborated this year to host the annual Neuro Wellness Clinics. In these clinics students work with clients who have suffered various neurological events such as traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s Disease, and stroke.